Elections in Georgia: leading parliamentarians from Europe and Canada called on the EU not to recognize their results

Leading parliamentarians from European countries, as well as Canada, issued a statement in which they noted that the parliamentary elections in Georgia on October 26 were not free or fair, and therefore the Union should not Europeans recognize the result and should apply personal sanctions.

Source: “European Truth” with reference to the statement

Details: The statement was signed by the chairmen of the committees on foreign and European affairs of Germany, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Ireland, Ukraine, Poland, Canada, as well as the former speaker of the Swedish parliament and one MEP.

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Leading parliamentarians from these states said that the political climate in Georgia on the eve of the elections was not up to European standards of integrity.

“Candidates were intimidated and threatened, government power was misused, votes were bought. Reports from international election monitoring missions clearly confirm this. .

The parliamentarians noted that the Georgian Dream policy is not compatible with the EU, and the alarming campaign about the “world war party” has fallen on fertile ground.

“There is only one ‘world war party’ and you have to name it. Its name is Russia. Against this background, the European Union cannot accept its “result. We want personal sanctions against those who are responsible for unfair influence on elections, intimidation and threats against the opposition and civil society,” said the MEPs.

At the same time, they emphasized that there is no need to abandon the pro-European part of society now. They rejected such a general punishment on all Georgians as suspending visa liberalization

“We are very concerned about the “Belarusization” of the country. If the ruling party and its leader back up their statements with actions, there is a risk of persecution and banning of the opposition, the non- independent and urgent non-governmental organizations The EU must make it clear to the governing party that they will not agree with this, and in this case there will be a complete separation of relations,” the statement said.

The deputies said they continue to strongly support President Salome Zurabishvili’s efforts to unify the country, protect democracy, freedom and the rule of law, and to preserve Georgia’s European future and to secure.

As reported, Zurabishvili will the first statement after the parliamentary elections.

Background information:

• The Central Election Commission of Georgia, after counting almost all the ballots, announced that the ruling party is the Georgian Dream. who received more than 54% of the votes.
• The opposition parties outside of Europe do not share the results published by the Central Electoral Commission and point out major violations. The opposition forces did not recognize the election results.
• According to international observers, the elections in Georgia were marred by deep polarization, as well as highly controversial electoral rhetoric and numerous reports of voter pressure.